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Second proposal goes before city
PERIMETER ROAD DEVELOPMENTS
Both applications tabled until Dec. 3
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
The Dawsonville City
Council voted Monday night to
table a decision on a proposed
annexation and rezone applica
tion that would allow 53 homes
to go in at the comer of Allen
Street and Perimeter Road.
The council decided to
extend their decision until the
Dec. 3 meeting to allow for
more time for a written agree
ment to be drawn between the
property owners and the city
over a shared detention pond to
be built on adjacent city proper
ty.
Applicants Michael Turner
and Myles Montgomery are
petitioning to annex into the
city limits 11.407 acres and
rezone to R-3, or single family
residential with a density of
three units per acre, as well as
rezone another 2.768 acres
already in the city from light
industrial to R-3.
The applicants also asked for
a variance of 3.74 units per acre
as opposed to the standard three.
The variance was approved by
the planning commission Oct. 8,
with conditions and contingent
upon the city council approving
the annexation and rezoning.
The council on Monday also
addressed a letter of objection
from the Dawson County Board
of Commissioners regarding the
application.
In a 3-1 vote Oct. 18, the
BOC decided to send a letter of
objection to the city in regards
to the pending annexation and
rezoning request for the 11.407
acre tract. The letter, written by
County Attorney Lynn Frey,
states that “these increased resi
dential use densities would dif
fer from and be inconsistent
with the county’s land use reso
lution” and that it appears
annexation of the parcels
“might create an unincorporat
ed island, to which the county
objects.”
“That is still pending,”
Mayor Mike Eason said Nov. 5.
“We at this point need to table
this matter and request that our
city attorney seek arbitration
with the county.”
On the other end of Perimeter
Road, another subdivision is in
the works.
See Proposal 14A
Celebrating five years in Dawson
Photos by Allie Dean Dawson County News
On Oct. 30, Dawson County Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours celebrated Medical Plaza 400's
fifth year in the county.
Administrators talk recent additions, future of Medical Plaza 400
Diane Clark, X-ray technician at Medical Plaza 400, uses a CT scan
machine.
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
Medical Plaza 400 celebrated five
years in Dawsonville last week with
a Business After Hours event hosted
by the Dawson County Chamber of
Commerce.
Medical Plaza 400 opened in April
2013 as a branch of Northeast
Georgia Health System, a not-for-
profit community health system that
serves more than 18 counties in
northeast Georgia with anchor hospi
tal campuses in Gainesville,
Braselton and Barrow.
The over 25,00 square foot, two-
story Dawsonville medical center
hosts Northeast Georgia Physicians
Group and an urgent care facility
that is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven
days a week.
“When we first started out here on
the western perimeter of our service
area, we were a little bit nervous but
I have to say how welcoming and
how wonderful this community is,”
said Jo Brewer, director of lab ser
vices for Medical Plaza 400, during
the event. “My hope (when) we cele
brated our opening was that this
See Medical 13A
BOC approves
2019 budget
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
A little over a month after Chairman Billy
Thurmond’s initial proposed budget presenta
tion, the Dawson County Board of
Commissioners voted unanimously last week to
adopt the 2019 budget for all funds at
$42,520,137.
The Nov. 1 vote followed a discussion and
motion for several changes to the general fund
budget, which comes in at a total of
$27,170,235. There are 22 other funds includ
ing the capital projects fund and SPLOST funds
making up the difference.
At Thurmond’s request commissioners added
funds back to the Tax Commissioner’s Office
for computers and supplies, added funds back
to the planning and development department
for software updates and allocated funds to the
parks and recreation department for an increase
in electricity costs.
Commissioners also voted in favor of District
4 Commissioner Julie Hughes Nix’s recom
mendation to allocate $66,426 to fund a public
relations specialist position at the bequest of
County Manager David Headley.
See Budget 14A
Veterans Day
celebrations to
be held Monday
From staff reports
The Veterans Affairs of Dawson County will
be presenting a Veterans Day celebration
Monday, Nov. 12, at Dawson County Junior
High School.
The day will start at 1 p.m. with a luncheon
for the veterans, active military and law and
emergency personnel and their spouses in the
school cafeteria. Lunch will be served by the
Etowah Water and Sewer Authority.
The ceremony will follow at 2 p.m. and a
parade through downtown Dawsonville will
begin at 3:30 p.m.
See Veterans 13A
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Dawsonville, Georgia
Church Events
3B
Classifieds
7B
Dear Abby
6B
Deaths
2A
Legals
8B
Opinion
9A
Sports
1B
2A LongHorn
manager
receives
nationwide
recognition
4R Kilough,
Blacks Mill
Elementary
first nine
weeks awards
We're all
grown up.
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Celebrating
10 years
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